Rate of CCA leaching from commercially treated decking

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-88

  Lebow, Stan ^a   Foster, Daniel ^a   Lebow, Patricia ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECKING; DRIP LINES; IN-SERVICE CONDITIONS; SPECIMEN;

ADDITIVES; ARSENIC; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEACHING; LUMBER; PAINT; RAIN; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WOOD PRESERVATION;

ADDITIVES; ARSENIC; LEACHING; LUMBER; PAINT; RAIN; WATER REPELLENCE; WOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 2042479406     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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